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Google completes $32B acquisition of Wiz
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Google has completed its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion, marking its largest purchase to date. The deal brings Wiz into Google’s portfolio, and each of Wiz’s four co-founders will receive $2 billion in post-tax cash, while investors Index, Insight and Sequoia are slated to receive $4 billion, $2.7 billion and $3 billion respectively.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechCrunch·Google completes $32B acquisition of Wiz
- TechMeme·Google closes its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32B, marking Google's biggest acquisition ever; Google initially approached Wiz in 2024 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
- Hacker News·Wiz Joins Google
- TechMeme·Sources: after Google's $32B deal, each of Wiz's four co-founders is set to get $2B in post-tax cash; Index is set to net $4B, Insight $2.7B, and Sequoia $3B (Sofia Chierchio/Forbes)
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